ბარბალამს

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Etymology

From ბარბალ- (barbal-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s).

Verb

ბარბალამს (barbalams) (Latin spelling barbalams) (VitseArkabi)

  1. (Vizha) to whine, to complain, to mutter to oneself
    Synonym: შვანუჲ (şvanuy)
    ალი პანდა ბარბალაჲ. გური ხილლი უღუნ.
    ali p̌anda barbalay. guri xilli uğun.
    Ali is always complaining. But he means well.
  2. (Ortaalan) to talk unnecessary
    Synonym: ტკიჲალამს (ťǩiyalams)
    დიდო მო ბარბალამ. დულჲა სი ნაგიშკუნ სტერი ვარონ.
    dido mo barbalam. dulya si nagişǩun sťeri varon.
    Don't talk too much. It's not what you know.
  3. (Chanapeti) to talk gibberish, to say gibberish
    მუ აღოდუ, ვარმიჩქინ. ჯუმადიქ ანდღა დიდო ბარბალამს.
    mu ağodu, varmiçkin. cumadik andğa dido barbalams.
    I don't know what happened to him. My uncle is saying something meaningless today.
  4. (Arkabi) to talk involuntarily while sleeping, to be delirious
    ჰემუქ კატა სერიზ ბარბალამს.
    hemuk ǩaťa seriz barbalams.
    He's delirious every night.
  5. (Batumi) to babble
    Synonyms: ნჩხალუმს (nçxalums), ფათხუმს (patxums), ქანჩუმს (kançums), გოშუბღამს (goşubğams), ვრატკუმს (vraťǩums), ამუტალაფს (amuťalaps)
    ოხორჯაქ ღარღალაფს. ამა ბოჲნე ბარბალაფს.
    oxorcak ğarğalaps. ama boyne barbalaps.
    She's talking. But she's always talking nonsense.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “barbalay (ÇM)(AŞ-Ortaalan), barbalams (FN ~ AH), barbalaps (AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობარბალუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi